Epioblasma walkeri | |
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Epioblasma walkeri | |
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionoida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Epioblasma |
Species: | E. walkeri |
Binomial name | |
Epioblasma walkeri |
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Synonyms | |
Epioblasma florentina walkeri |
Epioblasma florentina walkeri
Epioblasma walkeri, common name the tan riffleshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Many scientists now recognize this mussel as synonymous or a subspecies of the presumed extinct Epioblasma florentina due to integrating shell characteristics between them.